East Windsor man pleads guilty to new year's eve hate crime

bdzenis@trentonian.comTRENTON — An East Windsor white supremacist pled guilty today for his role in assaulting two Egyptian men on new years eve in 2011, according to the State’s Attorney.

Michal Gunar, 28, plead guilty to conspiracy to commit a hate crime assault and to charges of committing a hate crime assault. Gunar is a purported member of the “Aryan Terror Brigade.” His accomplice in the assault, Christopher Ising, 31, of Waretown plead guilty to the same charges in February.

According to the indictment, Ising hosted a new year’s eve gathering for ATB members and associates at his East Brunswick home, where he and Gunar planned to assault minorities. Their planning led the pair to an apartment complex in Sayreville. With Gunar holding a knife and Ising using brass knuckles, they assaulted two men of Egyptian descent. Gunar pulled one victim from a parked vehicle and shouted racial slurs as he punched him repeatedly.

As another man tried to help the victim, Ising attacked him with his brass knuckles. One man suffered a puncture wound behind his ear and another had a bloody nose as the two fled the scene. Gunar appeared to brag about the assault afterwards, posting a picture of a man with a bloody pair of pants and saying to friends that he and his “bro” hunted down six or eight minorities and “whooped” them.

Gunar and Ising are facing a maximum of 10 years in prison for each assault count and up to five years for each count of conspiracy.